RISE, Part One:
“Dream of Light” (The Tempering)

One small hand
One small life
Bend and fold the fire cold
Tempering the knife

One small whisper
One small voice
Amplify a truth denied
Tempering the choice

Rise to the occasion
Flow into the dream
A dream so fine
This dream is yours,
And mine

One small face
One small smile
Seek and find a quiet mind
Tempering the guile

One small word
One small sign
Soul denies a callous cry
Tempering the crime

Rise to fires flowing
Flow into the light
A light so fine
This light is yours
And mine

Sold out
Said the puppet with the velvet eyes
Silky skin
He's a soldier
But colder
So hold on
To the upside down as...

You're receiving the spell they're weaving
With a twinkle and a plastic smile

Humble or proud the crowd you cling to
Keeps on growing.
Deceiving you
Moving around the sound inside you
Keeps on flowing.

Forgive us this day as we trespass and try
Safe in the fold or free to fly high
Holding the pages of ages, the wages of sin.

Deliver us not from the flame of desire
The flowering story shall rise from the fire
Penance denied, temptation begins.

Lost in the dark here comes the spark
Imagination.
It's shifting you
The world is changing rearranging
Your creation.

Life is young as life is old
Life gives all that we unfold
Every roll and every turn
For life is living all we learn

Light is given, light is seen
Light is all and in between
Deep the story of your star
Light is never very far

One small gaze
One small blow
Pretty things and glamour wings
Tempering the show

One small token
One small fear
Cast aside the wounded pride
Tempering the tear

Rise to the occasion
Flow into the dream
A dream so fine
This dream is yours
And mine

One small question
One small nerve
Empathise with teary eyes
Tempering the curve

One small maybe
One small chance
Deep the well of mask and shell
Tempering the dance

Release the child growing
Grow into the light
A light so fine
This light is yours
And mine



RISE, Part 2:
“Trigger Finger” (The Spiraling)

Be the one
And be a stranger

Trigger finger (trigger yourself)
Trigger yourself (within)
Free-fall begin (into the flow, now)
So slow, now
Open the skin (open the skin)
Spiral and spin (spiral, release the spin)
It's all within (so deep within)

Ever the one (Trigger finger, trigger yourself)
Ever the stranger (Free-fall begin, so slow, now)
Open the skin (Open the skin)
It's all within (Spiral and spin)
Go deeper in
Go deeper (It’s all within)
Within

Be the one
And be a stranger